Parse Dynamics AX Context Info

Dynamics AX and SQL Server
More and more I am seeing clients requiring assistance with the Microsoft Dynamics Suite. Each of...

Transaction log shipping in SQL Server on Linux

SQL Server on Linux has been out for a bit now and I’ve played around a little (see here) but...

Warning: Not a valid checkpoint file name

One of the other DBAs I work with noticed a warning message that was flooding the log files on one...

How to compare two SSAS databases with a custom MDX query

[2017-Jan-29] It came as a request from one of my customers where I had worked as a consultant to quickly compare...

SQL and the other technologies

Next table shows how SQL stands with the other technologies. The data is taken from StackOverflow.Data charted looks like in the...

Worth Reading – Something I learned while unemployed by Rod Falanga

SQLServerCentral recently published Something I learned while unemployed. Written by Rod Falanga, it has lessons worth learning about making time to...

CloudProPT – The New Cloud/Azure Community in Portugal

I am so happy to share the news that as of today, the new community CloudProPT (as in Cloud for...

Data Channel - Interview 03 - Hamish Watson on DevOps and Azure

Dear All,

After a short break, we are back with the 3rd interview on #DataChannel. Mr.Hamish Watson, Community Lead from Christchurch,...

Finding Sysadmins with dba tools–GetDbaRoleMember

I’ve been wandering through the dbatools set of cmdlets, trying to see where various cmdlets are useful, and also practicing...

Friday Reading 2017-01-26

Is it really still January? It seems like this month is dragging on a bit. Anyway, this week I’ve been...